TFI Youth Leadership Retreat 2017 Application

Please fill out the form below. Before you submit, please make sure you attach your responses to the questions below. Answer Question 1 and pick one additional question from the remaining list of questions (2 in total). Please include your resume. Both of these items could be on .doc or .pdf format. Answers should be approximately 500 words for each question.

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1. Recent events have highlighted anti-Islamic sentiments not only in the United States but in European countries as well (Examples: the election of Donald Trump as President, the 2015 killing of three North Carolina Muslim students, rise of xenophobic and Islamaphobic sentiments in Germany and France in reaction to the influx of Muslim immigrants), and the treatment of refugees. How do you think we, as Muslim Americans, should react to such sentiments and what in your opinion is the best way to counter them?​2. What are your aspirations and in what ways are you working towards them?

3. How will attending this youth retreat help you in your future goals (academic/career goals)?

4. What do you hope to get out of attending this retreat?

5. Discuss the importance of Muslim American involvement in regards to public and civic engagement.

The Fairfax Institute is a religious institution exempt from state regulation and oversight in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Pursuant to 8 VAC 40-21-50 of the Virginia Administrative Code, The Fairfax Institute is exempt from regulations of the State Council for Higher Education for Virginia for a period of five years, beginning June 8, 2016, and ending June 8, 2021, as long as the institution's primary purpose remains to provide religious training or theological education.